Audit: College teacher gave boat motor as favor

Published: Friday, June 28, 2013 at 12:22 PM.

RALEIGH — The North Carolina state auditor says a Cape Fear Community College instructor gave a student a boat motor owned by the college in exchange for free access to the vessel.

The auditor's office released a report Friday finding an unidentified marine technology instructor gave the motor to a student then falsified inventory records to make it appear the motor was still in possession by the college. The report also implicated the instructor's department chairman, saying he gave approval in a 2010 email.

The chairman told auditors he didn't recall the email but may have skimmed it without noticing the request.

Auditors say the student received the motor one month before graduation and kept it for two years. The auditor's office recommends disciplinary action against the instructor and the chairman.

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RALEIGH — The North Carolina state auditor says a Cape Fear Community College instructor gave a student a boat motor owned by the college in exchange for free access to the vessel.

The auditor's office released a report Friday finding an unidentified marine technology instructor gave the motor to a student then falsified inventory records to make it appear the motor was still in possession by the college. The report also implicated the instructor's department chairman, saying he gave approval in a 2010 email.

The chairman told auditors he didn't recall the email but may have skimmed it without noticing the request.

Auditors say the student received the motor one month before graduation and kept it for two years. The auditor's office recommends disciplinary action against the instructor and the chairman.